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Friday, November 22, 2013

DIY stair runner…

I should have posted this the other day since this is the reason for the immediate painting of the entry floor…

Our stairs have always been quite boring and I always wanted to have a runner…

ever since I saw Jenny’s DIY stair runner I have wanted to tackle the project myself…I’ll admit I was intimidated, so it sat on my Pinterest board until I gained enough courage…and found a suitable affordable runner…

I liked it but it seemed really dull on the stairs…so I ordered two of these…

It still felt dull on the stairs…so I decided for this to all work, the stairs must be painted…it wasn’t hard to pull the trigger since I felt like they were a little beat up anyway…

I wanted a strong contrast and that is what I got…the whole process was pretty easy, except for cutting one of the rugs too short and then coming up short for the last step which led to having to spend more money to order another runner!!

You inspired my husband and I to order this same runner, just different color! We plan to start this week. Just one question...when cutting the rug, did you use anything on the edges to prevent from fraying? Have you had any issues with it fraying since?